Revolving housekeeping-cabinet



J. F. BAYMILLE R. REVOLVING HOUSEKEEPING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19. I920 1,352,496. Patented Sept. 14,1920.'

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REVOLVING HOUSEKEEPING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, I920 Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

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JOEL F. BAYMILLER, OF BUHL, IDAHO.

REVOLVING HOUSEKEEPING-CABINET.

Application filed April 19,

To all whom 2'2 may concern:

Be it known that 1, Jon. F. BAYMILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buhl, in the county of Twin Falls and State of Idaho, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in RevolvingHousekeeping-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This "invention relates to cabinets, and particularly to revolvingcabinets.

Generally speaking, the object of my invention is to economize space inan apartment or house as much as possible, and more particularly tosecure this result by the provision in a space between two rooms or inthe wall of a'room of a revolving cabinet of relatively large size,divided into compartments, as they may be termed, these compartmentsbeing arranged and fitted to provide wardrobes, a bed closet, a linencloset, and a kitchen table or any other instrumentalities of thischaracter, the cabinet being made to revolve easily so that any one ofthese compartments may be brought into position registering with theopening into the room, said cabinet thus forming one of the bounding ordefining walls of the room to thus permit a room to be used as akitchen, dining room or as a bedroom, for instance, depending upon whichcompartment of the cabinet faces into the room occupied by the user ofthe cabinet.

A further object iseto provide a construction of this kind particularlyadapted, as I have designed it, to provide a wardrobe compartment, acupboard, a table compartment, a linen compartment fitted with shelvesand drawers, and a bed compartment.

A further object is to provide a structure of this character which isvery simple and yet strong, which will turn easily upon its pivotalaxis, and in which the closures to the various compartments are paneledso as to not detract from the appearance of the room in general, and ineifect constitute one of the defining walls of the room.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figurelis a plan view of a room with my cabinet in place therein, the baseframe of the cabinet being shown in plan and the central post insection;

Fig'u 2 is a side elevation of the cabinet line with said wall.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

1920. Serial No. 375,089.

partly in section, showing the bed in elevation and lowered and thetable 33 in section and lowered;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of and B another room separated by anornamental partition or arch C having an open ing in which the rotatingcabinet is disposed It will be understood that the room B, for

instance, might be the size of the cabinet itself so that the cabinetwill not project out into the room A but each side of the cabinet willfill the space in the wall G and be flush with the'wall, or on the otherhand, this cabinet may have its axis disposed in Any of thesearrangements of .parts is within the purview of my invention. c

The base of the cabinet is formed by the pair of diagonally arrangedsills 10 which are preferably 2X4: and will be spaced from each otherany suitable distance, as for in stance 6 to 8, thesesills 10 beingdisposed on either side of a central post 11 which extends verticallythrough the cabinet and which constitutes a 4"):6 center post or axis.This center post is reduced, as at 12, and at its lower end fits in abearing 13. This bearing may be a ball bearing and is disposed upon thefloor of the house or room. The upper end of the post 12 is reduced indiameter, as at 14, and extends upward to the ceiling of the house.Extending transversely to the sills 10 are the sills 15 which convergeinwardly fromnthe opposite 'corners of the cabinet, these sills beingformed by the QXl timbers and at their outer ends being separated andattached to spacing blocks 16. The outer ends of the sills 10 are alsoseparated by spacing blocks 17. The corners of the cabinet are fiat andat right angles to radial lines drawn from the axial center of thecabinet and are about 8" wide. The sides 10 and 15 are connected byframing sills 9Q The head of the cabinet is formed in the same manner asis the base frame of the cabinet, and these frames are connected at thecorners by vertical c rner timb rs 11S,

with the space between them filled by pan els. Brace rods 19 may extendfrom the corners of the floor frame of the cabinet to the central post,in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2, these brace rods being providedwith nuts whereby they may be tightened. The corners of the frame belowthe blocks 16 are provided with caster wheels 20 so as to support thecabinet for easy turning movement.

The head casing is of the same construetion as the floor casing, andinasmuch as the cabinet will not extend probably the full height of theroom, a stationary paneled closet, designated D, may be formed above thecabinet, through which the central post passes. The height of thecabinet will be something over 6, and the extreme width of one of thespaces will be approximately wide, the cabinet having a diameter of overall.

I have illustrated my cabinet as being formed to provide a relativelylarge wardrobe space E, a bed space F, a linen closet with shelves ordrawers G, and a kitchen or dining room space H. The bed space F isoccupied by a swinging bed 21 consisting of the usual bed frame havingthe side rails 22, these side rails being pivoted on a transverse shaftor trunnion 23 which is disposed preferably in open bearings 2% so thatthe bed frame may be lifted up when desirable. The frame of the bed isprovided at its free end with folding legs 25, these legs 25 beingpreferably pivoted to the foot of the bed for movement parallel thereto,as illustrated in F 2. The weight of the bed is preferablycounterbalanced by counterbalancing weights 28 attached to cords 27passing over pulleys 28, these cords detachably engagin the bed rails.Of course, it will be C) understood that these weights are notsullicient to entirely counterbalance the bed, but that they simplyrelieve some of the weight in lifting the bed up to its closed position.I do not wish to be limited to the particular character of the bed, norto the details of construction, as it is obvious that these might bevaried in many ways without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the space G there is disposed a linen cabinet consisting of upright,shelf supporting members 29 having angle irons 30 at their lower endsand designed to fit within the compartment G so that the frame may bewithdrawn therefrom when desired, this being divided by shelves, railsor like elements so as to provide spaces or to provide supports fordrawers 31. A certain portion of this linen closet may be formed withshelves and certain other portions with drawers, or the whole of thisportion of this compartment may be formed with drawers, as desired.

The cupboard section H includes a series of shelves 32 in the upper partof the compartment supported on vertical timbers at the side of thecompartment, this upper shelved portion of the cupboard being normallyclosed by a swinging member 33' leased, the table may be turned to itsvertical position and the legs swung inward so as to form part of thepaneling of the table, or to lie in the plane of he table. Below thistable are disposed pivoted bins 36 which are iormally disposed beneaththe lower shelf of the cupboard but which may be swung outward to permitthe contents to be taken out. It will be understood, of course, that Ido not wish to be limited to the exact arrangement of the parts shown,as the cupboard might be diilerently arranged and might be arranged inthe form of a regular kitchen cabinet or this on )boa-rd mi ht be usedfor the purpose of a writing desk and the shelvesmight support books.

It will be seen that the three compartments heretofore described definea central square space E which opens onto one front of the cabinet, andthis central space forms the wardrobe. This wardrobe at the face of thecabinet may be closed by laterally extending, vertical walls 37, thisspace being filled with shelves 38, and between these walls 37 is thedoor 39 which is paneled and provided with a mirror 40. The interior ofthe-wardrobe not taken up by shelves is to be provided with transverserods upon which clothes hangers may be supported and provided with hooksupon which hats and other wearing apparel may be hung.

It will be seen that this wardrobe cabinet, as above described, isparticularly adapted for apartment houses, bungalows, and otherrelatively small living quarters'where economy of space is absolutelynecessary, and that by its use a person living in one room or two canhave many of the conveniences where ordinarily it is impossible to havein such small quarters. Vhen the bed is closed, for instance, thepaneled under face of the bed forms part of the paneling of the room Aso that the room may then be used as a reception or living room, and itwill be also noticed that even when the front of the wardrobe is turnedaround to the room A, this front being paneled, provided with mirrors,etc, will have a more or less ornamental appearance and will not detractfrom the appearance of the room. The same is true of the room B if thatis more than a mere compartment. Of course, if the walls C come to thecabinet, the cabinet, in order to close the space between said Walls,will have to project out into the room.

In the actual construction, the various beams, sills, uprights, etc.,forming the frame of the cabinet will be detachably put together byscrews, angle irons and bolts so that the entire frame may be readilytaken down or put up. The cabinet will be approximately 7 in diameterand approximately 7 high, though it is obvious that the cabinet may beof any desired form. The cabinet may have a very ornamental character ormay be severely plain, thus adapting it to cheap constructions or moreexpensive constructions.

Vhile I have illustrated certain details of construction and arrangementof parts, which I have found to be extremely effective, yet it isobvious that many changes might be made therein without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

I claim 1. A rotatable cabinet comprising a base frame and an upperframe, a central post to which the base frame and upper frame areattached, said post being rotatably mounted, connecting members betweenthe base frame and the upper frame, wheels supporting the outer cornersof the frame, said frame being many-sided in cross section and dividedby vertical partitions to form a plurality of compartments and openingupon different portions of the cabinet, the central portion of thecabinet defined by the partitions of all but one of the frameconstituting a central compartment, this central compartment openingupon one face of the cabinet, a door closing the opening to the centralcompartment, and members hingedly mounted upon the walls of the othercompartments and closing the same and constituting, when closed, theexterior wall of the cabinet.

2. A rotatable cabinet comprising a central, vertically rotatablesupporting post and upperand lower frames connecting the post, each ofsaid frames comprising parwardly divergent beams, these compart mentsforming three sides of a square, the space defined by the saidpartitions opening upon the fourth side of the cabinet, and membershinged to the walls of said compartments and adapted to be shifted toclose the several compartments and form the outer surface of thecabinet.

3. A rotatable cabinet comprising a cen tral, vertically rotatablesupporting post, beams mounted upon the upper and lower ends of the postand extending radially with relation thereto, the upper and lower setsof beams constituting upper and lower frames, vertical membersconnecting the outer ends of the beams of the upper frame to the outerends of the beams of thelower frame, vertically extending partitionsdisposed between the upper and lower frame beams, said partitionsdefining compartments extending inward from different faces of thecabinet, all of said compartments except one being provided withvertical partitions defining the backs of the several compartments andsaid backs being spaced from the central post whereby to leave arelatively large central compartment, said central compartment having adoor opening in one face of the cabinet, each of said compartmentshaving a hinged member adapted to be turned into a position to close thecompartment and form part of the outer wall of the cabinet, thoseportions of the cabinet between the several compartments being'formedwith an outer facing.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

JOEL F. BAYMILLER.

